The concept of Pakistan in the Vedas by Dr. Koenraad Elst (Law Animated World, 30/10/2015) The three most famous sculptures from Mohenjo Daro, on the Sindhu/Indus river, seem ill-chosen to represent the Pakistani publicity campaign “5000 years of Pakistan”. The “king-priest” apparently is an officiant of a stellar cult, and at any rate of a cult other than Islam, so according to the Pakistani state ideology, raison d’être for Pakistan’s very existence, he was a leading figure in … Read entire article »

Hungarian PM: • November 8, 2015 • Speaking at a conference in Budapest, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, warned that Europe cannot build its future on immigrants, and that EU governments should encourage families to have more children. “Europe cannot build its future on immigration instead of families” he said at the conference. He said governments should motivate European families to have more children, warning that “the survival of our civilization and our culture is at stake.” In … Read entire article »

What’s the big deal between Russia and the Saudis? – Pepe Escobar DOHA – Amidst the wilderness of mirrors surrounding the Syrian tragedy, a diamond-shaped fact persists: Despite so many degrees of separation, the Saudis are still talking to the Russians. Why? A key reason is because a perennially paranoid House of Saud feels betrayed by their American protectors who, under the Obama administration, seem to have given up on isolating Iran. The Saudis can’t intellectually understand … Read entire article »

Enlargement and the euro are two big mistakes that ruined Europe (by Wolfgang Münchau) The single currency is a trap and eastern expansion forced the EU to take its eye off the ball Brussels T here has hardly been a year when the EU has not been on the brink of some crisis: banking, sovereign debt, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and now refugees. You can always point fingers at individual politicians and assign blame. But it is highly implausible … Read entire article »

Leftists often describe Henry Kissinger as a unique moral monster, but his intellectual framework pervades the entire national security state, from the neocons to Obama. By Greg GrandinTwitter September 10, 2015 When I told friends and colleagues that I was writing a book about the legacy of Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy, many made mention of Christopher Hitchens’s The Trial of Henry Kissinger. But I saw my purpose as antithetical to Hitchens’s polemic, which is a good example of what … Read entire article »